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Lansdowne

(Encyclopedia) Lansdowne. 1 Uninc. town (1990 pop. 15,509), Baltimore co., NE Md., a suburb of Baltimore. 2 Borough (1990 pop. 11,712), Delaware co., SE Pa., a residential suburb of Philadelphia; inc…

Farnworth

(Encyclopedia) Farnworth, town, Bolton metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. It has cotton and rayon mills…

Radcliffe

(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe, town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical,…

Irvington

(Encyclopedia) Irvington, town (2020 pop. 61,176), Essex co., NE N.J., an industrial suburb of Newark; settled 1692 as Camptown, renamed 1852, inc.…

East Point

(Encyclopedia) East Point, city (2020 pop. 34,879), Fulton co., NW Ga., an industrial suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1887. Textiles, machinery, chemicals, and…

Flint, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia) Flint, Welsh Fflint, town, Flintshire, NE Wales, on the Dee estuary. Flint has industries that produce rayon, nylon, paper, and clothing…

Statesboro

(Encyclopedia) Statesboro, city (1990 pop. 15,854), seat of Bulloch co., E Ga.; founded 1803, inc. 1902. Foods, fertilizers, metal and paper products, clothing, lumber, and concrete are produced.…

Roanoke Rapids

(Encyclopedia) Roanoke Rapids, industrial city (1990 pop. 15,722), Halifax co., N N.C., on the Roanoke River near the Virginia line; founded 1893, inc. 1931. The city's industries include health care…

Atkins, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Atkins, Anna, 1799–1871, English photographer and botanist who specialized in images of botanical specimens. The daughter of scientist John George Children, she married John Pelly…

parchment

(Encyclopedia) parchment, untanned skins of animals, especially of the sheep, calf, and goat, prepared for use as a writing material. The name is a corruption of Pergamum, the ancient city of Asia…